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Office of the Chair Administration
Department Leadership
Darwin Conwell, MD, MSc, FACG
Positions Held:
- Chairman, Internal Medicine
- Professor
- Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Department Administration
Division Chiefs
Jeffery C Talbert, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Chief, Division of Biomedical Informatics
- Director, Institute for Biomedical Informatics
Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FACC, FACP, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR
Positions Held:
- Anthony N. DeMaria Professor of Medicine and Radiology
- Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Chair, Cardiovascular Imaging for the UK Enterprise
Deborah R. Flomenhoft, MD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (GI)
- Interim Chief, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
- Director of Endoscopy
Simon Fisher, MD, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Vice Chair of Research and Innovation, Internal Medicine
Dale Toney, MD
Positions Held:
- Clinical Faculty
- Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Women's Health
Gregory P. Monohan, MD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Interim Chief, Division of Hematology, Blood, and Marrow Transplantation
- Division of Hematology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Program
Alice Thornton, MD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
- Project Director, Kentucky AIDS Education and Training Center
Peter Boutros Sawaya, MD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Chief, Division of Nephrology, Bone and Mineral Metabolism
Eric S. Bensadoun, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Positions Held:
- Interim Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Paramarajan Piranavan, MD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
- Interim Chief, Division of Rheumatology
- Program Director, Rheumatology Training Program
Vice Chairs
Paul Anaya, MD, PhD
Positions Held:
- Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care
- Associate Professor
- Associate Vice Chair of Community Advancement, Internal Medicine
Kristy Deep, MD, MA, FACP
Positions Held:
- Professor of Medicine
- Vice Chair of Education, Internal Medicine
- Education Chair
Laura C. Fanucchi MD, MPH
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Advancement, Internal Medicine
Jagriti Chadha, MD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Medicine
- Avanced Development Director, Internal Medicine
- Associate Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Advancement, Internal Medicine
Rani Chikkanna, MD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Vice Chair of Patient Safety, Quality, and Service, Internal Medicine
Simon Fisher, MD, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Vice Chair of Research and Innovation, Internal Medicine
Kirby P. Mayer, DPT, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Internal Medicine
- Physical Therapy
Kenneth S. Campbell, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Professor of Physiology (Joint appointment)
- Associate Vice Chair for Translational Research, Internal Medicine
Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Director for Translational Research in Diabetes, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
- Associate Vice Chair of Basic Science Research, Internal Medicine
Ashley Montgomery-Yates, MD
Positions Held:
- Clinical Faculty
- Senior Vice Chair of Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Internal Medicine
